8 photos of world leaders crying in public

President Barack Obama sheds a tear while delivering a statement on steps the administration is taking to reduce gun violence.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
President Barack Obama teared up on Tuesday while discussing the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20 young children dead.

"Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad," Obama said as tears slid down his face. "And by the way, it happens on the streets of Chicago every day."

Obama was in the middle of an emotional speech at the White House, in which he unveiled his new executive action that he said would help curb gun violence.

John Boehner

George W. Bush

Then-President George W. Bush tears up during a ceremony to present the Medal of Honor posthumously to Navy SEAL Petty Officer Michael Monsoor.
REUTERS/Jason Reed

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Silvio Berlusconi

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves to supporters as his girlfriend Francesca Pascale looks on during a rally to protest his tax-fraud conviction, outside his palace in central Rome.
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi